Directed by Anthony Mann
The Furies casts Barbara Stanwyck as Vance, Walter Huston’s headstrong daughter who runs his ranch in New Mexico Territory. Vance faithfully protects her best friend, the Mexican-American Juan (Gilbert Roland). When her new, socialite stepmother (Judith Anderson) dares to challenge her authority, Vance disfigures her with a pair of scissors. Stanwyck’s character offers an action-packed, cowgirl rebellion against patriarchy that foreshadows her later work with director Samuel Fuller.
Paramount Pictures Corp. Producer: Hal B. Wallis. Screenwriter: Charles Schnee. Cinematographer: Victor Milner. Editor: Archie Marshek. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Gilbert Roland, Wendell Corey, Judith Anderson.
35mm, b/w, 107 min.
Print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive
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